You might be a hypo if. . . .

[Daisy55]

...you tell your dr. how to do his job, based of course...on Dr. Google's wisdom.

[Daisy55]

...at your follow up mri. appt. at the neurologist, you see another neuro. dr. come into the office and you are sure they called in another dr. too decide your fate.   Only to find it was a resident learning and visiting with seasoned neuro. drs. to learn.    Yep that was me.

[reasonableland]

Wow! I do almost all of these things.

You might be a hypo if- you offer a family member a neck massage, but your really feeling their lymph nodes.

You might be a hypo if- you excuse yourself to go to the bathroom several time.....to do secret self checks.

You might be a hypo if- your laying on the couch watch a movie.....suddenly get in tune with your breathing.......start making your self take deep breaths........feel faint from taking so many deep breaths.............lurch your self off the couch in utter panic......run to the bathroom......and do self check after self check.              (Not like i do this.....but thought maybe u might....;). )

- you might be a hulk if-  you can pick out other hypos in a crowd of people....because you see them self checking.

Haha, you've obviously been spying on me through my window!

I would add:

You miht be a hypo if you offer a neck rub to your S.O but you are actually examining their skin for red spots to see if they are the same as the ones you are examining on yourself

[Daisy55]

..if you are more freaked out going out without your oximeter ( that finger thing the hospital uses to monitor your oxygen and pulse )  than your cell phone.    Of course most hypos have one, under $10 at any local pharmacy section.

[MJ]

You measure your mole several times a day to make sure it hasn't grown

[Cloudyday]

You might be hypo if you doc tells you it's not cancer - before you ask.  Multiple times.

Yup, she knows me well.

[Brittany821]

You might be a hypo if...

- you have to feel your pulse before you can fall asleep at night

- you put your finger under your significant others nose to make sure they haven't stopped breathing in their sleep

- you feel like your family downplays your "symptoms" because they know you're a hypo

- you burn all your food so you know it's cooked thoroughly


Great thread idea! Makes me laugh at my hypo ways.

[princesslittlespoon]

...You throw out food the exact day it expires

You hear or read the name of a disease you've never heard of before, and immediately look it up and diagnose yourself with it

You start to feel sick immediately when someone just mentions a sickness they have or recently had

You worry what happened to people who haven't posted on this site in months or years...

[mel4962]

You might be a hypo if......................someone with your exact symptoms...hasn't posted again in months or years

[anxiousmama2006]

You might be a hypo if- your leisurely reading consists of Gray's Anatomy.   
You might be a hypo if- you test your own reflexes every day.
You might be a hypo if- you stay home sick from work because you are convinced that you will have to be rushed to the hospital and your home is closer than work.
You might be a hypo if- you refuse to save any money at all because you are convinced that you will not live long enough to spend it.
You might be a hypo if- you can quote the warning signs for every type of cancer, meningitis, pneumonia, strokes, heart attacks, and AlS.
You might be a hypo if- you take your pulse 10 times every hour.
You might be a hypo if- you get a cold and give away all of your jewelry because you are convinced that you have asian bird flu or anthrax poisoning.
Finally, you might be a hypo if- you know all of the 911 operators by name.

[princesslittlespoon]

If...when going to a new doctor you do your best to keep your cool and act like you're not concerned about your symptoms because you don't want to get pegged as a hypo and therefore not taken seriously at all 

[Daisy55]

You can ask the dr. For blood tests of things out of normal lab work , and you know exactly what that test  means and is used to detect.

[soggycheerio]

You might be a hypo....if you feel like you have a TSA scanner constantly scanning your body for symptoms of your next disease.

You might be a hypo...if you go through Purell hand sanitizer like it is going out of style and wish you had stock in the company.

[chitan]

You have a backpack full of testing supplies and medications that you have to take everywhere you go and find yourself lying about its contents and making up excuses about why you have it (came straight from work, etc)

Yeah, my friends tease me and nicknamed me "Dora". LOL

[gtrain]

You might be a hypo....if you feel like you have a TSA scanner constantly scanning your body for symptoms of your next disease.

I had the great pleasure of being stuck in a TSA scanner for ~ 5 minutes because the idiot in line in front of me was giving the TSA guys a hard time. I finally asked the TSA guy if I could step back from the device while you "resolve your problems," and she was like, "sure, no one said you had to stay in there!"

ugh... Needless to say I spent the next few hours worrying about how much radiation I "absorbed" while I was baking inside the scanner. I'm actually fairly well schooled in basic physics and know that millimeter waves are far less powerful than the annual x-rays I receive from the dentist / doctor.

[nervousnell]

...If you're waiting for a doctor's office to call with test results and you jump a foot in the air every time your phone rings with an unfamiliar number.

 

[Wishingforcalm2]

You might be a hypo if you have to make an "emergency run" to the drug store for glucose test strips because you just ran out, or a new thermometer or blood pressure machine batteries because one can't go to bed for the night without those things.  But the best part is you don't have diabetes, a fever OR high blood pressure problems.  *shakes her head just thinking about the insanity of it all....*

[cutecat25]

hehehe this is way too funny! made me laugh! I can relate to this so well.
I've got a few
You know your hypo when:
You imagine your family and friends crying at your hospital bedside.
Go back multiple to the doctor to check they gave you the right results.
Have your grandma almost slap you when you ask the doctor if you have leukemia after recieiving blood work results ( this happened to me last year)

[Echo Hotel]

You might be a hypo if you see a doctor about testing for autoimmune disorders and get a phone call a half hour after the appointment is over from the same doctor saying they just felt like they needed to give you the number of a great therapist.

And you're DEFINITELY a hypo if, two weeks later, you go to an emergency optometry clinic with fears of optic neuritis and come out with a prescription for glasses and then get laughed at by your friends and family who all think you're crazy...

[vanadio]

You might be a hypo if you think about 0,0000000000001% probability diseases all day.

[ejmommy]

You go to the doctor to get looked at for said disease (again) and get the all clear (again) only to go home and think oh I forgot to tell him about this one symptom I've had. I'm sure that would have been the one thing to make him see that I do have said disease! And you actually think about calling back that day for another appointment because of it.

Not saying I've done this (last week) 

[dancer67]

Love this thread!

You might be a hypo if you have shaved your bikini area, and get a lump and convince yourself you have lymphoma. Even though your husband tells you it is just an ingrown hair. Only to insist on seeing the derm and she tells you, it is just an ingrown hair.

You know where every BP machine is in stores.

You can interpret your own lab results and know exactly what each abbreviation stands for.

You have a headache so you have an aneurysm

You bite the side of your mouth, and have a sore, you have oral cancer.

You swear that your lips look purple, and you call your husband out of work because you are convinced you are in heart failure.

You have diabetes because your fasting blood glucose was 106.

You know exactly what metabolic syndrome is.

My anemia is back because the inside of my lower eyelid isn't as red as it should be.

My trigs are high so I am petrified to touch bread. So I lose weight and now I think I have cancer.

I am a smoker and every time I go to the Dr's I fear they will tell me whatever I am feeling is cancer.

You are telling your friends exactly what tests to ask for.

[WyattsMomma]

I don't know if these have been said, but:  When your husband complains of a headache, you quickly pull out your phone to call your personal doctor (at her home, because she doesn't work ALL THE TIME) ready to get him an MRI of the brain...it is CLEARLY a brain tumor :/ 
 
The receptionist at the doctor knows your voice before you say your name. Also, the imaging center that does mris/ct scans/xrays. And not only do you know their names, and their pets names, but the security guards names as well. And maybe where he lives because you have shared long chats waiting for tests/results...... (hangs head in shame)

You tell your doctor the median age for diagnoses for a disease, because she doesn't know.

You know to fast before EVERY appt, because you WILL be demanding bloodwork.

You walk in the docs office and the doc smiles at her new PA, and says you will LOVE HER. This will be your first experience with a true hypochondriac.

Your doctor calls you just to check in and chat with you.

[mariea]

You know you are a hypo if you keep your previous years worth of blood work easily accessible and you look at it regularly and compare it to what dr google says. 

You know you are a hypo when your dr tells you we should be discussing anxiety medication rather than blood work that is within normal range.

I needed these laughs!  I hope this becomes a sticky!

[catalyst911]

You know you're a hypo:

- If you have a thermometer in your purse.

- When you get the all clear that you don't have cancer, you worry that all the tests your took to figure out you didn't have cancer - will give you cancer!